Lot n° 158
Estimation :
80 - 100
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 681EUR
SICILY, VERUS by ABHIKA, 20th century - Lot 158
SICILY, VERUS by ABHIKA, 20th century
Earthenware cache-pot featuring a woman's head, with long hair, wearing a crown made of braided lemons. Signed.
Italian work.
H. 45 cm.
These heads are based on a 12th-century Palermo legend in which a young woman falls in love with a Moorish king and marries him despite her parents' disapproval. She discovers that he is already married, and in a rage cuts off his head.
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